Automatic vehicle-brake.



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M. IMAMURA.

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1913.

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M. IMAMURA. AUTOMATIC VEHICLE BRAKE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1913.

Patented; Jan. 5, 1915.

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MENEMATSU IMAMTURA, UJF SAN FRANCXSGIG, CAlLIliUEtNllA.

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Application tiled duly' 26, 1913.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it lrnoWn that l, ll/linnivm'rsn llamarme,

a subject ot the Emperor of Japan, residing at vthe city and county oi San Francisco and State oi' California, have invented new and useful improvements in Automatic :VehicleeBralres, of Which the following1 is a specification.

rlhs invention relates to combined vehicle brake and tender.

lt is the object of this invention to provide means by which the tender on a poverpropelled vehicle will operate when striking an obstacle to automatically apply the brakes, throw out the clutch and transmission mechanisms and momentarily reverse the vehicle.

A. further obj ect is to so mount the tender that it will operate to perform the aboveenumerated functions when striking an object adjacent to its ends equally as Well 'as when striking an object intermediate its ends.

@ther objects Will appear hereinafter".

rl`he invention primarily resides in a tender pivoted adjacent to its ends on par allel slidable rods which are maintained in a normal outermost position by spring connections to each oit said rods whereby the independent or combined movement of the rods will operate to simultaneously apply the brakes and throw out the clutch and transmission mechanisms to stop the vehicle and immediately thereafter release the brakes and slightly reverse the vehicle.

llhe invention `turther consists ot the parts and the construction and combination ol parts as hereinaiter more fully described and claimed, havingl reference to the accomn panying drawings, in Whichl Figure l is a lan vietvo't the invention. ltig. 2 is a detail section and elevation on the line a-a of Fig. l, with parte removed. llig'. 3 is a detail side elevation ot the tori ward end ot the vehicle, illustrating the vmani-ier of mounting the tender. lig. i is an enlarged detail section on the line t'- Z of Fig. l, illustrating the device by which the transmission mechanism is .automatically :restored to normal by ythis invention i' lln the 'drawings represents the vtrame et a motor vehicle and B and C indicate the ihfont and rear `Wheels, respectively, on which `the trame A. is mounted. xThe' rear Wheels @are designed to be rotated 'trom any suit- Specication of Letters Patent.

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able source ot motive power by a shaft 2 in the usual manner common to automobile construction, and are provided with ordinary band brakes 3, adapted to be operated trom a rocloshaft 4t.

Mounted on the rear Wheels C are ratchet wheels and disposed adjacent to the ratchet Wheels 5 and normally out of contact therewith are paivls 6, mounted on shafts 7. The shafts 7 are disposed in the frame A' of the vehicle and torsion springs 8 are mounted thereon in such manner as to normally maintain the pavvls 6 out of engagement with the ratchets 5, as shown in Fig. 2.

Mounted on the inner ends oi the shafts 7 are cranks 9, which are connected to cables l0, leading to cranks ll, on a rocloshaft l2,

.supported on the trame A.

Mounted on the rockvshatt l2, adjacent to its ends, are downwardly eritending pins 13, which are disposed in the path of travel of projections 14: on horizontally slidable bars 15, supported in suitable guide bean ings on the trame Ai. rlhe bars l5 are normally held in a retracted position by' means ot' springs 16, and are connected at their forward ends to oppositely reve cables'l'l' and 17 passing around direction rollers i8, and connected to parallel slidable bars i9, arranged on the sides ot the trame il in suitable bearings and extending forward thereof a suitable distance. The outer ends of the bars 19 are formed with yokes 20,

y and bearing between the yolres 20 and the frame A are springs 21 which normally maintain-the bars 19 in their outermost position.

Pivotally connected to the yolres 201 at 2Q is a yatender bar 2? of any suitable construction, Which is curved inwardly at its ends toward the iront lvdniels B, and is termed' With shoes 2d, which are normally positioned out ot contact with the Wheels B and in alinement therewith.

Mounted on the rock-shatt l2 is a cranlr 25, to which a cable 26, leading 'from a clutch control lever 27, is connected, and leading 'from the cable 26 is a cable 28 which connects'vvith a spring-pressed catch 29,011 a transmissionoperatmg lever 30. The catch 29 is that usually provided :tor maintaining the 'lever 30 inany desired position; the catch 29 normally engaging" a toothed segment 3l, a spring 8E connects with the lever lldli Illia 30 and is designed to operate when the catch 29 is released to restore the lever 30 to a normal central position, in which position the transmission mechanism will he lthrown out in the usual manner. A Extending inwardly from the bars l5 are pins 33 which are normally disposed between the prongs of a forked arm 34, mounted on a rock-shaft 35. A yoke 36 on the rock-shaft 35 connects with a sleeve on a slidable gear 37, which gear is adapted to be moved in and out of mesh with a pair of gears 38 and 39. The gear 38 is on a shaft 40, which is geared to the shaft 2 on the driving side of the transmission gear case ii-l. rlhe gear 39 is mounted on the shaft 2 on the driven side of the crank case 41.

ln the operation of` the invention when the fender 23 strikes an obstacle, the bars i9 are moved rearwardly in opposition to the springs 21. |lhe bars 19 are adapted to be movedindependent of each other in eventthe point of impact is adjacent to the ends of the fender 23; a slotted or loose connec tion at the pivotal points 22 being provided to permit of the arcular movement of the fender 23 when turned on either of the pivots 22. The bars i9 in movingrearwardly operate, through the cables l? and to move the bars l5 in a forward direction in opposition to the springs 3.6. @n the initial forward movement of the bars i5 the projections lei will engage the downwardly extending pins i3 on rock-shaft i2; the pins .i3 being advanced with the projections i4;- so as to rock the rock-shaft i2 and exert a pull on -the cable l0 connecting' with the cranks i) on the shafts 7, and also upon the cable l0 connecting with a crank i' on the rock-shaft d. This operation causes the band brakes 3 to be applied and immediately thereafter throws the pawl ii into engagement with the ratchets 5, thereby preventing forward movement of the rear wheels C and stopping the vehicle. Simultaneous with the application of the brakes, as just desc xibed., the rockingl of the rockshaft l2 will exert a pull through the cables 2G and 28, through the medium of the crank 25, thereby throwing out the clutch mechanism, through the foot lever 2i', and releasthe catch 29, so that the spring; 32 will restore the hand-lever 30 and the transmisq sion mechanism connected therewith, to their neutralposition. ijrojections i4 will at the same time advance beyond pins i3, thereby releasing same and permittingr these,

connected shaft l2, to return to normal position. Pawl 5, together with brake 3, is thus released and the engine clutch is permitted to move back into engagement. immediately after the application of 'the hrakes and the consequent stopping' of the vehicle and j ust after brake is again released and the engine engaged, the pins 33 on the bars l5 will have advanced suicicntly far to engage the forward prongs of the forked arms 341, and will then operate to rock the rock-shaft 35 and cause the zrear 37 to move into mesh with the gears 38 and 39, thereby reversing the direction of rotation of the drive shaft 2, and causing); the vehicle to move rearward a short distance. The forked arms34 are so constructed that the pins may move out of the forks as the bars move in a forward direction; the pins 33 engaging the rear prongs of the forked arms to retract the latter to their normal position, on the backward movement of the bars l5. rlhe bars l5 are moved to their rearward normal position by the action of the springs l@ when the fender 23 is out of Contact with an obstacle; the fender 23 being restored to its normal position by the springs 21. wWhen the fender 23 has been moved rearwardly in opposition to the springs 21, the shoes 2J; will contact the peripheries of the front wheels l5 to retard their rotation and operate in. conjunction with the brakes 3 and'pawl (3 to bring the vehicle to a quick stop. The moment the bars l5 are restored to their normal position the pawls 6 will be thrown out of engage-- ment with the ratchets and the pinion 3S) will 'be thrown out of mesh with the gears 38 A d 39; the rock shaft l2 beine; restored to normal position hy a spring 2, and the rockehaft will he restored to its nor mal position by the action of the pins 33. 'lhe restoring' of the shaft l2 to its normal position releases the pull from the cables 26 and 2S, thereby disposing the dutch op* g lover and the hand-lcver 30 in their .normal operatingm positions,

, The rock-shaft L controlling the band brakes 3 1s connected to the foot-brake lever lf2 and to the hand brake lever i3 through the usual rods i4- and l5, respectively, and the rods i4 and A'l5 are provided with link connections i6 intermediate their ends to permit of the operation of the rock-shaft fl, independent of the hand and foot brake levers.

"l ving thus described my invention,

what 'ent, is:

'Tie combination with a fender, of a pair of suitable bars on which the fender is pivotally mounted, springs for normally maintaining said fender and bars in an advanced position, a second pair of reciprocal bars connected to said iirst-nai'ned bars, a rock-shaft, means for rocking said rockshaft on the reciprocation of either or both. of said last-named bars, brakes on the rear wheels of the vehicle, means by which the rotation of said rock-shaft will set said brakes, means by which the rocking, of said rocloshaft will throw out the clutch and transmission mechanisms on the vehicle, and x l claim and desire to secure by Letters j;

meats@ means for automatically reversing the'vve-V hicle for a short distance.

2. The combination with a vehicle, of a fender mounted thereon, a pair of slidably mounted bars, to the outer ends of which the fender is secured, springs for normally maintaining said fender and bars in an advanced position, a second pair of reciprocal bars connected to said first named bars, a rock-shaft connected with the last named bars, ratchet wheels on the rear Wheels of the vehicle, pawls normally out of engagement with said ratchet wheels, a second rock-shaft on which said pawls are rigidly mounted, and a connection formed between said rock-shaft and the first named rockshaft whereby the pawls will be thrown into engagement with the ratchet wheels when the fender is depressed.

3. In a power-driven vehicle, ratchet wheels on the rear wheels of the vehicle, pawls normally out of engagement with said ratchet Wheels, rock shafts on which said pawls are rigidly mounted, a master rock-shaft connected to the pawl carrying rock-shafts, a movable fender, means actu` Yrock-shaft connected to the pawl carrying rock-shafts, a movable fender, means actuated by the fender for rocking said master rock-shaft to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet wheels, band brakes on the rear wheels of the vehicle, means by which the operation of the master rock* shaft will apply said band brakes, and means operated by the master rock-shaft for throwing out the clutch and transmission mechanisms on the vehicle.

5. In a power-driven vehicle, ratchet Wheels on the rear wheels of the vehicle, pawls normally out of engagement with said ratchet wheels, rock-shafts on which said pawls are rigidly mounted, a master rock-shaft connected to the pawl carrying rock-shafts, a movable fender, means actuated by the .fender for rocking said master rock-shaft to move the pawl into engagement with the ratchet Wheels, band brakes on the rear wheels of the vehicle, means by which the operation of the master rockshaft will apply said band brakes, means operated by the master rock-shaft for throwing out the clutch and. transmission mechanisms on the vehicle, and means controlled by the fender for momentarily reversing the direction of movement of the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MINEMATSU IMAMURA. Witnesses:

JOHN I-I. IIERRING, W. W.IHEALEr. 

